Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Dragon Clan Oni [L5R]

Ever since the release of Evil Portents last year, I have been dying to try to play more Legend of the Five Rings, mainly so I could try to use the new Ikikashi Sensei. As a primarily Spider Clan player, having access to all the tools of the Shadowlands without having to end my own game (through dishonor) sounded like an absolute blast.

The first decision was which Stronghold to take in my deck. Even though I can't dishonor myself, I can be dishonored, and I've been on the receiving end of that often enough that I wanted to at least give myself some buffer. Playing as the Spider would start me at -8 honor, only 12 honor loss actions away from losing the game. Starting from the high honor clans and working down, I decided to go with the Dragon Clan stronghold. This starts me at -3 honor and has the additional benefit of giving me a ring in play- I have been using Earth or Air, usually.

None of this feels particularly surprising- run a lot of the honor loss Holdings, since they do not affect me, and fit in several Shadowlands personalities. I'm still tweaking the various counts of the Oni in between games, but that's what I'm currently at (if I'd ever draw a Umikaiju in-game, I can figure out if I like him in here or not).

Again, I am trying out a few things. I want to have some anti-dueling help, but Another Time ends up getting on my nerves. I may switch to Kharmic Strike. I may consider dropping it altogether and up my numbers of A New Alliance and Brazen Disregard. I am still testing, and still trying to figure out what I like.